Drawing, Overbury Hall, by John Constable, pencil on paper, 1815

Pencil drawing of Overbury Hall with livestock and large tree.

Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist

In 1815 Constable exhibited five paintings and three drawings at the Royal Academy, including 'Boat-building' (No. 137). His mother died early this year and he was in Suffolk in May. He left London again for Suffolk on 6 July and remained there most of the year, being detained during December by his father's serious illness.

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 106]

The following is an extract from the text of the entry:

The inscription has been taken to apply to Overbury Court, Tewkesbury, Worcestershire, but in 1936 Mr. Robert Holland-Martin informed the Museum that it was not of that house, of which he was the owner. It is of Overbury Hall, at Layham, near Hadleigh, Suffolk (L. ed. S., p. 88).
This page comes from the same sketch-book as Nos. 139 [308-1888] and 144 [306-1888].

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 108]

300-1888